Right to Die (2007)

Sadly Over-hyped

Overrated

Excellent but underrated film

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Only 10 minutes into Right To Die I thought not again another story with a lot of talking going on and things you see coming from miles away. But I was wrong. It's only at the end that the plot change comes in and you get to know what really was going on the last 50 minutes.It starts with a couple Abby (Julia Benson) and Cliff (Martin Donovan) driving and having a small argue. When Abby wants to show Cliff something they both doesn't notice the road and when they do there's a tree laying on the ground on which they crash, leaving Cliff alive and well but Abby being burned. Flashforward were Cliff wakes up at the hospital and notice that Abby is still alive but heavily burned. He feels guilty, he had an affair with Trish (Robin Sydney) and he couldn't save his wife Abby.From there on slowly we see what really happened with both of them. Abby somehow comes back in a vengeful spirit but even Cliff has a gruesome mind.I must agree that it also somehow reminded me of the Hellraiser (1987) were flesh is needed to survive. It also has a few nice gory shots and a bit of CGI here and there but CGI I didn't mind at all by which I mean the one when Cliff is taking a bath and having a sex dream with his wife Abby. And by saying that yes there's a bit of nudity from Robin and Julia. But what I really liked is the fact that you think what will happen do happen but there's another plot change you couldn't see coming. This could easily have been a full feature. Some strong performances by all and some decent effects too. The burned body is a must see and the part at the hospital when the advocate get his punishment by Abby is pure horror. This episode has an old school horror feeling and it even reminded me of Franco's Faceless (1987). A must see for the old school buffs even as it isn't really gory at all.Gore 1,5/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 4/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

Well, a man and his wife set out for their cabin one dark night. They have been fighting - for she, Abby, had recently discovered that her husband Cliff had been unfaithful(and pretty stupid it seems as the whole episode was filmed on his camera((By whom?))with his dental assistant Trish. As they go down that dark, deserted, and deadly road, they hit a fallen tree. She ends up being burned all over and covered in bandages except for her haunting eyes and mouth. He wakes up unscathed. The rest of the episode deals with Cliff having such feelings of loss over his wife's condition that he feels he must pull the plug for her benefit as she has no skin - no skin at all. The episode then gets lots of ups and downs, and even some real low points with regard to good taste, and some highlights with both Robin Sydney and even more impressively with Julia Anderson(now Benson). Check out her highlights in that tub scene. That scene has her in all her bare-chested glory, but the director Rob Schmidt also has Ave Maria playing in the background. He uses that music again in the most unorthodox and, for me, disgustingly enjoyable scene in the episode - the flaying. I really thought this episode was done very well. Schmidt obviously has loads of talent. Actor Martin Donovan has enough quirky screen persona and ambiguity to carry off what will by the episode's end be a much more complex role that might be first imagined. The script has some fun with things. Sure there are holes, but this was scary, riveting, and strangely poetic at brief times. And how about Abby's two major contribution as well as Trish's! Corbin Bernsen is here as well as a blood-sucking lawyer given his "burn notice." Wrong show, maybe he was just PSYCHed out.

This is one of the best episode from the second season of MOH, I think Mick Garris has a problem with women... He kill'em all, they are often the victims (Screwfly solution, Pro-life, Valerie on the stairs, I don't remember the Argento's episode in season 1, etc., obviously Imprint). I think he enjoys to watch women been burn, torture, mutilated and I don't know. Never least "Right to die" is one of the best, with good turns and graphic scenes and suspense (specially with the photos from the cell scene, wonderful). The acting is like the entire series, regular I could be worst like "Pro-life" or "We scream for Ice cream". Also I think the plot it could be made for a movie and not just for an episode. The ideology of the series is horrible, killing and terminating women, mutilating animals and on and on... the first season it was better than the second one with episodes like "Cigarrette burns" (The best of all), "Homecoming" (The most funny), "Imprint" (really shocking).

I was all ready to pan this episode, seeing that this 'Master' really doesn't have any horror films under his belt.. but this is easily the best episode of the season.The acting was good!! I don't know how he wrangled it, but we've got some real talent in this episode! And while you could see things coming from a mile away plot wise, at least it was entertaining and managed to keep me engaged for the full 56 mins, something that has been lacking up to this point in the series.I especially liked the bit at the end, not a twist per say, but just a funny little bit where he becomes, as ever, the hen-pecked hubby.Really good effort. Like I've said in other reviews- these are not true masters doing a lot of these episodes.. but they may someday end up being masters in the future.